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Oprah Winfrey: Books were my...

Oprah Winfrey: Books were my...

Books were my pass to personal freedom. I learned to read at age three, and soon discovered there was a whole world to...

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Millicent Fenwick: Women are on...

Millicent Fenwick: Women are on...

Women are on the outside when the door to the smoke-filled room is closed.

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Audre Lorde: I am deliberate...

Audre Lorde: I am deliberate...

I am deliberate and afraid of nothing.

Source: In The Ultimate Success Quotations...

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Anne Spencer: It is dangerous...

Anne Spencer: It is dangerous...

It is dangerous for a woman to defy the gods;
To taunt them with the tongue's thin tip,
Or strut in the weakness...

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Diane Ackerman: There is no...

Diane Ackerman: There is no...

There is no way in which to understand the world without first detecting it through the radar-net of our...

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Ella Wheeler Wilcox: Come, cuddle your...

Ella Wheeler Wilcox: Come, cuddle your...

Come, cuddle your head on my shoulder, dear,
Your head like the golden-rod,
And we will go sailing away from...

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Ella Wheeler Wilcox: Feast, and your...

Ella Wheeler Wilcox: Feast, and your...

Feast, and your halls are crowded;
Fast, and the world goes by.


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Ella Wheeler Wilcox: There is no...

Ella Wheeler Wilcox: There is no...

There is no chance, no destiny, no fate, that can hinder or control the firm resolve of a determined...

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Shirley Jones: Well, television is...

Shirley Jones: Well, television is...

Well, television is what it is. Let's face it. I had done 25 motion pictures prior to The Partridge Family and nobody...

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Yoko Ono: I saw that...

Yoko Ono: I saw that...

I saw that nothing was permanent. You don't want to possess anything that is dear to you because you might lose...

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Mahalia Jackson: God can make...

Mahalia Jackson: God can make...

God can make you anything you want to be, but you have to put everything in his hands.

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Ella Fitzgerald: Just don't give...

Ella Fitzgerald: Just don't give...

Just don't give up trying to do what you really want to do. Where there's love and inspiration, I don't think you can...

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Aretha Franklin: Trying to grow...

Aretha Franklin: Trying to grow...

Trying to grow up is hurting, you know. You make mistakes. You try to learn from them, and when you don't, it hurts...

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Katharine Hepburn: Life is to...

Katharine Hepburn: Life is to...

Life is to be lived. If you have to support yourself, you had bloody well better find some way that is going to be...

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Katharine Hepburn: Show me an...

Katharine Hepburn: Show me an...

Show me an actress who isn't a personality and I'll show you a woman who isn't a star.

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Goldie Hawn: I've finally stopped...

Goldie Hawn: I've finally stopped...

I've finally stopped running away from myself. Who else is there better to be.

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Shirley MacLaine: The if the...

Shirley MacLaine: The if the...

The if the talent or individuality is there, it should be expressed. If it doesn't find its way out into the air, it...

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Ethel Barrymore: You must learn...

Ethel Barrymore: You must learn...

You must learn day by day, year by year, to broaden your horizons. The more things you love, the more you are...

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Glenda Jackson: I used to...

Glenda Jackson: I used to...

I used to believe that anything was better than nothing. Now I know that sometimes nothing is...

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Shelley Winters: Acting is like...

Shelley Winters: Acting is like...

Acting is like painting pictures on bathroom tissues. Ten minutes later you throw them away and they're...

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